[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 7.10 # Skandapurana 7.10 Skandapurāṇa 7.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.10.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.p1) pūrva pṛṣṭhaḥ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍(adhyāyāḥ 81 - 90‌‌‌‌) | āgāmī pṛṣṭhaḥ ‍(adhyāyāḥ 101 - 110‌) > Previous page (chapters 81–90) | Next page (chapters 101–110) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.8) sanatkumāra utrāca tasminbale tathā1 tena somenāpratimaujasā . hanyamāne mahāmāya: samāśvasya tadāsuraḥ ..1.. hiraṇyākṣo diteḥ putra idamāha ruṣānvitaḥ . garutmataḥ sutaṃ vīraṃ rathayantāramāhave2 ..2.. khageśvara na te lajjā bhavatīha raṇārṇave . yanmāṃ4 rathena saṃgrāmāt5 tvaṃ harasyanyatodya6 vai ..3.. kiṃ vakṣyantyasurāḥ sarve daityāścaiva mahābalāḥ . rājāsmākaṃ jita: saṃkhye śatrubhiḥ śatrutāpanaḥ ..4.. jīvitaiṣī parityajya bālānasmān ḍhurātmavān7 . raṇādapagataḥ kvāpi dhiṅ māmaśubhakāriṇam ..5.. kaśyapasya suto bhūtvā bhrātā daityasya saṃmataḥ9 .. hiraṇyakaśipordaityo10 mahāyogabalānvitaḥ11 .. 1 ..6.. agrataḥ12 sarvadaityānāṃ dānavānāṃ tathaiva ca . rājā svāmī ca śūraśca13 nirjitaḥ śatrubhiḥ katham ..7.. athavā devapakṣasya tvaṃ putro vai garutmataḥ . tameva pakṣaṃ bhajase na māṃ tvaṃ parirakṣase .8. > Sanatkumāra said: / When that army was being struck down thus by Soma of matchless splendour, / the great sorcerer, the asura Hiraṇyākṣa, son of Diti, took heart then and, filled with rage, / addressed the valiant son of Garuḍa, his charioteer in battle: / "O king of birds, have you no shame here in the ocean of battle, / that today you carry me away from the conflict in the chariot to another place? / What will all the asuras and the mighty daityas say? / 'Our king, the tormentor of enemies, has been defeated in battle by the foes; / seeking to save his life, that evil-minded one has abandoned us, his children, / and fled somewhere from the battle.' Fie upon me, the worker of evil! / Having become the son of Kaśyapa, the esteemed brother of the daitya / Hiraṇyakaśipu, a daitya endowed with the power of great yoga, / at the forefront of all the daityas and the dānavas likewise, / king, master, and hero—how could he be conquered by enemies? / Or perhaps you belong to the side of the gods, being indeed the son of Garuḍa; / you serve that very faction and do not protect me!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.8\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.8_2) nāhaṃ tava na śaktodya śiraḥ kāyāt sakuṇḍalam . khaṅgenānena tīkṣṇena chettuṃ khagakulādhama ..9.. > "It is not that I lack the power today to sever your head with its earrings / from your body with this sharp sword, O lowest of the avian race!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.11) 1 tadā - gha .. 2 ...mabravīta - kha. .. 3 raṇāntare - gha. .. 4 tvaṃ yā (māṃ?) - kha. .. 5 saṃgrāme - kha. . 6 vah5thanyatodya - gha. .. 7 durātmanāma - kha., durātmanaḥ (? ) .. 8 .. dupagata: - kha , .. dadya - gha. .. 9 ... santama - gha. . 10 hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo - kha . 11 mahāmāyo balānvitaḥ - kha. .. 12 agraṇī (?) . 13 vṛddhaśca - kha. . 509 mitraṃ tvaṃ mama mandasya purā bālasakheti ca14 . . ataḥ kṛtvābhirakṣāmi15 gaccha muktosi doṣavān ..8.91.10.. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rathayantā khageśvaraḥ . . uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā hiraṇyākṣaṃ mahāsuram ..11.. > \[Footnotes and page number omitted\] / 'You were a friend to poor me of old, as a childhood companion; / therefore, having protected you, I say: go, you are released, though at fault.' // Hearing that speech of his, the charioteer, the lord of birds, / spoke with soft words to the great asura Hiraṇyākṣa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.17) mā krudho dānavaśreṣṭha16 nāsmi daitya tavāhitaḥ . tadopavāhitaḥ17 kṣipraṃ raṇād rakṣārthameva hi ..12.. sūtāḥ śāstravidaścaiva bruvate dānaveśvara . dampatī rathiyantārau parasparamanuvratau ..13.. rathinā śastraghātebhyo rakṣyo yantā yathā priyā . tena caiva ratho rakṣyo yathā bharttā jayāvahaḥ ..14. . sa bhavān ripuṇā bhinno hyavabaddhaśca saṃyuge . aśaktaḥ syāditītyevaṃ mayā kṣipramapohitaḥ18 ..15.. āāśvasya balamādhāya19 punaryuddhena daṃśitaḥ . ripūñjeṣyasi saṃgrāme tvevaṃ tvamapavāhita:20 ..16.. ye hi kālepayānti sma kāle cāyānti daṃśitāḥ . teṣānnāsulabho21 daitya jayo yuddhe mahātmanām ..17.. > "Do not be angry, O best of dānavas! O daitya, I am not your enemy. / You were then driven away swiftly from the battlefield solely for your protection. / Charioteers and those versed in the treatises say, O lord of dānavas: / Chariot-warrior and charioteer are like husband and wife, devoted to one another. / A charioteer must be protected by the warrior from weapon-blows like a beloved wife; / and by him the chariot must be protected like a victory-bringing husband. / You were pierced by the enemy and trapped in the fight; / thinking, 'He may become incapacitated,' you were quickly taken away by me. / Having recovered and regained strength, armored again for combat, / you will conquer the foes in battle; it was only thus that you were carried away. / For those who retreat in due time and return armed in due time— / victory in battle is not hard to attain for those great-souled ones, O daitya! (12–17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.21) na cāhamahita: satyaṃ hitakṛt tava nityadā . mā śaṅkāṃ kuru daityendra śape satyena sarvataḥ ..18.. na cāpyaviditaṃ tedya22 kṛto yat śapathaḥ23 purā . tathaivāmṛtapaścāhaṃ na mṛtyurmama vidyate24 ..19.. ahaṃ garutmataḥ putro devān hitvāsurān śritaḥ . tavaiva daitya snehena mā śaṅkāṃ tvaṃ kṛthā mayi ..8.91.20.. etadbalaṃ candramasā vahninā copapīḍitam25 . trāhi kṣipraṃ mahābāho26 na śokaṃ kartumarhasi ..21.. > And I am not your enemy, in truth; I am always doing what is good for you. / Have no doubt, O king of daityas; I swear by truth on all accounts. / Nor is it unknown to you today, the oath that was made of old; / likewise, I am a drinker of nectar; no death exists for me. / I am Garuḍa's son, but leaving the gods, I have resorted to the asuras / out of affection for you alone, O daitya; do not harbor suspicion toward me! / This army is afflicted by the Moon and Fire; / protect it swiftly, O mighty-armed one; you should not grieve. (18–21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.24) 14 bālaḥ sakheti ca - gha. .. 15 kṛtabhirakṣastvaṃ (? ) .. 16 nātra lajjā dānaveśa - gha. .. 17 tannopavāhitaḥ - kha.. 18 kṣipra pravāhitaḥ - kha. .. 19 ... mādāya - kha. .. 20 ...tyevaṃ - kha., tvamevamapavāhitaḥ (?) . 21 teṣānna sulabho - kha. .. 22 na caiva ta (tva) dbhīto vākyai - kha. .. 23 me kṛtaṃ śapathaṃ - gha., kṛtohamapa (ma)raḥ --kha. 24 yatohamamṛtaṃ prāpya (śya) cāmaratvamavāptavāna - gha .. 25 copapīḍitāḥ - kha. .. 26 mahāmohau - kha. . . 510 māyāmatha samāsthāya dhanuṣā vā balena vā . jahi śatrūnmahārāja27 mā28 ruṣantu diteḥ sutāḥ ..22.. sanatkumāra uvāca tataḥ sa taṃ29 pariṣvajya pakṣirājaṃ mahāsuraḥ . abhidudrāva vegena rathenāmbudanādinā .23.. tasyāpatata evātha savahniścandramāstathā . śarairāśīviṣākārairdhvajaṃ cicchidaturyudhi ..24.. > \[Footnotes and page number omitted\] / 'Resorting now to sorcery, or by the bow, or by strength, / slay the enemies, O great king; let not the sons of Diti be thwarted!' // Sanatkumāra said: / Then, embracing that king of birds, the great asura / rushed forward impetuously on his chariot that rumbled like a cloud. // As he was charging, Candramas along with Agni / cut down his standard in the battle with arrows resembling venomous serpents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27) tato lalāṭe viddhvainaṃ tau devau śaśipāvakau . yugāntāmbudavad vyāsa nādamuccaiḥ pracakratuḥ ..25.. tayostallāghavaṃ dṛṣṭvā hiraṇyākṣaḥ pratāpavān . āgneyenāstramukhyena śiśiraṃ30 tad vyaśātayat ..26.. tuṣāravarṣaṇaṃ dagdhvā tatosau māyayā punaḥ . saṃmohayitvā vegena rāhurbhūtvābhidudruve31 ..27.. > Then, having pierced him in the forehead, those two gods, the Moon and Fire, / raised a loud roar, O Vyāsa, like clouds at the end of the world-age. / Seeing their swift dexterity, the glorious Hiraṇyākṣa / neutralized that cold with a supreme fiery missile. / Having burned that shower of frost, he then again by sorcery, / after causing delusion, swiftly became Rāhu and charged forth. (25–27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_3) sa rāhuṇā tadā tena grasyamānaḥ khageśvaraḥ . raṇaṃ tyaktvānyato yātastato detyo nanāda ha ..28.. dānavā hyapi te32 sarve naṣṭe tasmin himāśaye . samāśvasya punaścakruryuddhaṃ suragaṇaiḥ saha . tembudāśanisannādāḥ samudrasamanāditāḥ .29.. daityadānavamahārathāḥ pravarasādina āśvasantaḥ . - - taneva yuddhakāṃkṣiṇo daṃṣṭriṇa iva mahāgajā vanasamāśritāḥ ..8.91.30.. iti skandapurāṇe yuddha ekanavatitamodhyāyaḥ > Being swallowed then by that Rāhu, the lord of birds, / abandoning the battle, went elsewhere; then the Daitya roared. // But when that cold-store \[moon\] vanished, all those Dānavas, / regaining breath, fought once more against the hosts of gods. / Roaring like thunderous clouds, resounding like the ocean, // those great chariot-warriors of the Daityas and Dānavas, the foremost riders, recovering, / \[…\] eager for battle, were like tusked great elephants dwelling in the forest. // Thus ends the ninety-first chapter on the battle in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_4) 27 śatrummahārāja – kha. 28 – tu – kha. 29 – santaṃ – kha. 30 – timiraṃ – kha. 31 vidudruve - kha. . 32 – pihite – kha > \[Footnotes omitted\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_5) 511 sanatkumāra uvāca nakṣatrādhipatiṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavān havyavāhanaḥ . vidrutaṃ dānavabhayāt padātiryoddhumudyataḥ1 ..1.. > \[Page number omitted\] / Sanatkumāra said: / Seeing the lord of asterisms flee in fear of the Dānavas, / the divine fire, the bearer of oblations, stood as a foot-soldier, ready to fight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_6) sa śarairdānavarathaṃ sasūtaṃ sahavājinam2 . sadhvajaṃ sapatākañca bhasmasāyujyamānayat3 ..2.. tatosya kārmukaṃ divyaṃ śareṇānataparvaṇā . vijyaṃ cakāra saṃkruddhastiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt ..3.. athāndhakaśca rāhuśca prahlādo maya eva ca . anye ca dānavaśreṣṭhāḥ kṛśānuṃ paryavārayan ..4.. sovaplutya tadā teṣāṃ dhanūṃṣi ca ca rathām̐stathā . dhvajāni ca vicitrāṇi dadāha ca rarāsa ca ...5.. > With his arrows he turned the Dānava's chariot, along with the charioteer and horses, / along with the banner and pennant, into ashes. / Then, enraged, he cut the string of his divine bow with a smooth-jointed arrow, / and said, 'Halt! Halt!' / Then Andhaka, Rāhu, Prahlāda, and Maya, / as well as other foremost Dānavas, surrounded the Fire. / He leaped upon them then and burned their bows, chariots, / and manifold banners, roaring out. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_7) kavacāni vicitrāṇi śirāṃsi ca vasūttamaḥ . dadāha vikṛtākāro nādayan sarvatodiśaḥ ..6.. hāheti nadatāṃ tatra bhagavān hyavyavāhanaḥ . jihvā dahn4 babhau vyāsa guhāyāṃ dīpavat sthitaḥ ..7.. keṣāñcit pradahat tāni dānavānāṃ mukhāni saḥ . paṅkajānīva5 phullāni timirārirmahāprabhaḥ ..8.. > The best among the Vasus, assuming a fierce form, / burned their manifold armors and heads, making all directions resound. / While they cried out 'Alas, alas!' there, the Lord Bearer of Oblations, / burning with his tongue, O Vyāsa, shone like a lamp stationed in a cave. / Burning the faces of some of the Dānavas, / like blooming lotuses, that enemy of darkness possessed great radiance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_8) keṣāñcittu gajendrāṇāṃ karān kāñcanabhūṣitān . dadāha bhagavān vahnirdāvāgnirbhujagāniva ..9.. śarān śarāśanāñcaiva tathā khaṅgaparicchadān . dadāha bhagavān vahnirhastyaśvamapi sarvaśaḥ ..8.92.10.. te hanyamānā daityendrā viśastrā duḥkhitā bhṛśam . bhramanti vitanutrāśca tatra tatraiva - --7 ..11.. > The Lord Fire burned the gold-adorned trunks / of some foremost elephants, like a forest fire burning serpents. / The Lord Fire burned arrows and bows, / as well as sword-trappings, elephants, and horses completely everywhere. / Being slain, disarmed, and intensely tormented, / their armor stripped off, those Daitya leaders wandered about hither and thither. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_9) teṣāṃ vahnipradīptānāṃ dahyatāṃ suravidviṣām . hiraṇyākṣaḥ svayaṃ rājā parjanyaḥ samapadyata ..12.. > As those enemies of the gods, inflamed by the fire, were burning, / King Hiraṇyākṣa himself became a rain-cloud. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_10) 1 ...ryamathāgataḥ (yoddhumāgata:?) - kha., samadhāvata - gha. .. 2 ...sahavājina: - kha. .. 3 pādayat - kha. . 4 dantaṃ – kha. .. 5 .. niva - kha. .. 6 dhvajaparicchadān (?) . 7 sarvakṛta. ? - kha., sarpavat (?) . 512 sa meghabhūto daityendrastamagniṃ vṛṣṭibhistadā . praśāmayata8 vegena saṃvarttaka ivāmbudaḥ ..13.. taṃ praśāntaṃ tadālakṣya vidhuraṃ hṛvyavāhnam . vipracittiḥ śaraistīkṣṇairlalāṭe samavākirat ..14.. tatosya nadato bhūyo mayo dānavasattamaḥ . mukhe śarān mahāghorānnicakhāna mahāsuraḥ ..15.. > \[Critical notes\] / That Daitya leader, having become a cloud, then quickly extinguished / that fire with downpours, like a cloud of the cosmic dissolution. / Seeing that the Bearer of Oblations was then extinguished and distressed, / Vipracitti covered his forehead with sharp arrows. / Then, as he roared again, Maya, the foremost among the Dānavas, / that great Asura, drove terrible arrows into his mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_11) tasya tena tadā vyāsa mukhe bhinnasya dāruṇaḥ . uttasthau vāyuvad dhūmaḥ śarīrādañjanopamaḥ ..16.. tena dhūmena9 khañcaiva divaṃ bhūścaiva sarvaśaḥ . pūritā mahatā10 vyāsa na prājñāyata11 kiṃcana ..17.. > Pierced in his mouth by him then, O Vyāsa, terrible smoke, / resembling collyrium, rose up from his body like the wind. / By that smoke, the sky, heaven, and earth were completely / filled, O Vyāsa; nothing whatsoever could be discerned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_12) tena śabdena saṃjñābhirnāmaviśrāvaṇairapi . karasparśaistadā12 nyonyamanayadyamasādanam ..18.. na devo jñāyate tatra na daityo dānavopi vā . ajānantastatastatra saṃsthāmetāṃ13 pracakrire . . 19 . . āṭiṃ daityāḥ prakurvanta baka ityeva devatāḥ . bakaṃ vadanti ye tatra daityāstān vyahnam̐stadā ..8.92.20.. āāṭiṃ bruvāṇaśca surā ityevaṃ tad vyavartata14 . evaṃbhūtamabhūdyuddhaṃ15 varṣāṇāṃ tu16 sahasrakam17 .. 7 .. mahadbhayaṃ vai18 daityānāmandhakāre suraissaha ..21.. tadandhakāre sumahābhayaṃkaraṃ tadābhavadyuddhamatīva dāruṇam . jagadvināśāya jagaddhitaiṣiṇāṃ surāsurāṇāṃ rudhiraughanisravam19 ..22.. > By that sound, by signals, and by proclaiming names, / as well as by touch of hands, they then sent one another to the abode of Yama. / Neither god nor Daitya nor Dānava could be recognized there; / being unable to distinguish, they made this arrangement there: / The Daityas uttered 'Āṭi', and the gods uttered 'Baka'; / those who said 'Baka', the Daityas slew them then; / and the gods \[slew\] whoever said 'Āṭi'—thus it went on. / Such was the battle that lasted for a thousand years, / causing great fear indeed among the Daityas with the gods in the darkness. / Then, in that darkness, an exceedingly terrifying, extremely dreadful battle took place, / destructive to the world, shedding torrents of blood between the gods and the Asuras who wished for the welfare of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_13) iti skandapurāṇe yuddhe dvinavatitamodhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the ninety-second chapter in the War \[section\] of the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_14) 8 praśameyata - kha., prāśāmayat (?) . 9 dhūpena - kha . 10 mahato - kha. .. 11 prajñāyata - kha. . 12....stathā (?) .. 13 saṃjñāmetāṃ (?), saṃgrāmaṃ taṃ - gha. .. 14 ...dhyavartata (?) .. 15 etadbhūtamayudhyantu - kha . 16 vai - kha. .. 17 mahadbhaya - kha. gha., tadabhūtsaṃjñayā yuddhaṃ mūrkhāṇāṃ vai mahad bhayam - gha. .. 18 sahasramekaṃ - kha. . 19 visrutaṃ - gha. . - > \[Critical notes\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_15) 513 sanatkumāra uvāca athāsau tena kālena keturagneḥ1 samutthitaḥ . vāyunābhihataścaiva agacchad vilayaṃ bhṛśam ..1 .. > Sanatkumāra said: / Then, at that time, that smoke-flag arising from the fire, / struck by the wind, completely vanished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_16) tataḥ samabhavad vyoma vimalaṃ sarvameva hi . apaśyanta surāssarve daityāścaiva parasparam ..2 .. > Then the entire sky became completely clear; / all the gods and Daityas beheld one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_17) tataḥ śaṃkhāśca bheryaśca paṭahāḍambarāstathā . sughoṣakā ḍiṇḍimāśca bhagnā bheryaśca sarvaśaḥ ..3.. > Then conchs, kettle-drums, drums, kettle-drum rolls, / resonant drums, and small drums, as well as kettle-drums beaten on all sides, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_18) baladvayepyavādyanta śataśotha sahasraśaḥ . atha śakraśca devendro yamo vaiśravaṇastathā ..4.. > were sounded in both armies by hundreds and by thousands. / Then Śakra, king of the gods, Yama, and Vaiśravaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_19) pūṣā bhagaśca dvāvetau aryamā mitra eva ca . jayanto marutaścaiva rudrādityāśca sarvaśaḥ ..5 .. > both Pūṣan and Bhaga, Aryaman, and Mitra, / Jayanta, the Maruts, and the Rudras and Ādityas completely, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_20) vegena sumahāvegā mamṛdurdānavaṃ balam . tatra cāmīkarābhāsaṃ pragṛhya balavaddhanuḥ ..6.. > violently, endowed with immense speed, crushed the Dānava army. / Grasping a powerful bow that shone like gold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_21) yamo daṇḍena daityendrānanayadyamasādanam . sa pañcabhiḥ śarairviddhvā hiraṇyākṣaṃ mahābalam ..7.. > Yama sent the Daitya leaders to the abode of Yama with his staff. / Having pierced the mighty Hiraṇyākṣa with five arrows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_22) aśvām̐ścaikaikaśaḥ sarvān jahāsa ca nanāda ca . tasya sarve tadāyastā daityadānavasattamāḥ . .8.. > and all the horses one by one, he laughed and roared. / Then all those foremost Daityas and Dānavas, exerting themselves, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_23) śarānāśīviṣākārān vyasṛjan vikṛtāśanān . tān sa ciccheda samare tridhaikaikaṃ laghukriyaḥ ..9 .. > discharged arrows resembling venomous snakes, having hideous points. / Performing swift actions, he split them in three, one by one, in battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_24) punaśca viśikhai5rghorairardayat prahasanniva . tatondhakasya yantāraṃ rathañca sahavājibhiḥ . .8.93.1 0.. > And again, as if laughing, he tormented \[them\] with dreadful arrows. / Then the charioteer of Andhaka and the chariot along with the horses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_25) kiṃkareṇa6 mahāvīryo yamo ninye svakaṃ puram7 . tatondhako gadāpāṇiryugāntāmbudavannadan ..1 1 .. > the exceedingly valiant Yama brought to his own city by means of his attendant. / Then Andhaka, holding a mace in his hand, roaring like a cloud at the end of an era, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_26) abhyadhāvadyamaṃ tūrṇama tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt . tasya vajreṇa devendro gadāṃ hemapariṣkṛtām ..1 2.. > rushed swiftly toward Yama, and said, 'Halt! Halt!' / The king of the gods, with his thunderbolt, \[struck\] his gold-adorned mace... > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_27) 1 rugraiḥ (rugraḥ) - gha. . 2 ha - kha. . 3 daityendro - kha . 4 vyasṛñjan - kha. . 5 niśitai - kha. . 6 kiṃkāreṇa (?)- kha. . 7 punaḥ - kha . 514 > \[Critical notes\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.27\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.27_28) bibheda śatadhā8 vyāsa sāpatad bhuvyavasthitā . taṃ viśastraṃ vikavacaṃ kṛtvā te devasattamāḥ ..1 3 .. yugapacchastravarṣeṇa tāḍayāmāsurāhave . yamo daṇḍena taṃ mūrdhni śakro vajreṇa cāhanat ..14.. vittadośaninā caiva pāśena varuṇastathā . anye cānyaistathā devā hyamoghairāyudhottamaiḥ ..1 5.. abhyadhāvannasaṃrabdhā hatastvamiti vādinaḥ . na caiva tasya daityasya duḥkhaṃ tatrābhavattadā .. 16. . sopi daityastatotpatya9 puṇḍasyāsthāya10 pṛṣṭhataḥ . yamaṃ muṣṭiprahāreṇa puṇḍād bhūmāvapātayat .. 17.. tathendrasya gajaṃ bhūyo pucche saṃgṛhya vegavān . bhrāmayitvākṣipad dūre naṣṭastvamiti cābravīt ..18.. tato dhaneśasya punaḥ śivikāṃ kāmagāminīm . ākṣipya11 bahudhā daityo vyadhamat krodhamūrchitaḥ . .1 9.. tato gajairgajān nighnat12 padātīm̐śca padātibhiḥ . rathaṃ rathena ca raṇe hayām̐śca hayasādibhiḥ . .8.93.20 .. punargaje13 mahendrasya hanyamānopi14 saṃyuge . samutplutya15 tadā śakraṃ gajaskandhānnyapātayat ..21 .. tasya tat karma saṃvīkṣya dānavendrasya saṃyuge . sarve devā diśaḥ sarvāḥ pranaṣṭā jīvitārthinaḥ ..22 .. pūrveṇa bhagavānindraḥ sahādityaḥ16 salokapaḥ . dakṣiṇena tathā rudrā vasavaścāśvināvapi ..23 .. pratīcīṃ yakṣarakṣāṃsi piśācāḥ pannagaiḥ saha . uttareṇa tathānye ca prapadyanta17 yathā mṛgāḥ ..24.. > shattered \[it\] into a hundred pieces, O Vyāsa; it fell lying upon the ground. / Having rendered him disarmed and unarmoured, those best of gods / struck \[him\] together in battle with a shower of weapons. / Yama struck him on the head with his staff, and Śakra with his thunderbolt; / and Varuṇa likewise with his noose, and the Giver of Wealth with his lightning bolt. / And other gods too \[struck him\] with other infallible, supreme weapons. / Free from agitation, they rushed forward, crying: 'You are slain!' / Yet at that time there was no pain whatsoever for that Daitya. / Leaping up from there and standing on the back of Puṇḍa, / that Daitya felled Yama from Puṇḍa to the earth with a blow of his fist. / Then, seizing Indra’s elephant by its tail, the swift one, / having whirled \[it\] around, hurled it afar, saying: 'You are ruined!' / Then again, seizing the chariot of the Lord of Wealth, which moved at will, / the Daitya, wild with rage, shattered it into many pieces. / Then slaying elephants with elephants, and foot-soldiers with foot-soldiers, / chariot with chariot in battle, and horses with horse-riders, / though he was struck again in battle upon the elephant of mighty Indra, / having leapt up then, he cast down Śakra from the elephant's shoulder. / Having seen that deed of his, the lord of Dānavas, in battle, / all the gods fled in all directions, seeking their lives. / Lord Indra went to the east together with the Ādityas and the world-protectors; / likewise to the south the Rudras, the Vasus, and the two Aśvins; / the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas to the west, and the Piśācas along with the Pannagas; / and others fled to the north like deer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29) 8 sa tathā - kha. . 9 sa.. tadotpatya - gha. . 10 puṇḍamāsthāya - gha. . 11 ādāya - gha. . 12 nighnan - kha . 13 punargajaṃ - kha. . 14 hanyamānañca - gha. . 15 avaplutya - kha . 16 sahādityaiḥ - kha . 17 palāyanta(?). 515 teṣu bhagneṣu daityendrāḥ pṛṣṭhato vikṛtāyudhāḥ . abhyadhāvanta garjanto bhayaṃ teṣāṃ vyadarśayan ..25. . tato muhūrttaṃ te gatvā hiraṇyākṣeṇa vāritāḥ . nivṛttāḥ samatiṣṭhanta sarvemarṣavaśaṃ18 gatāḥ . . 26.. athovāca tataḥ kruddhān hiraṇyākṣo hasanniva . daityadānavanāthām̐stānidaṃ vacanakovidaḥ ..27.. kimebhirabalairadya19 yuṣmākaṃ daityadānavāḥ . avabaddhaiśca ruddhaiśca mṛtasaṃjñai20rdurātmabhiḥ ..28 .. hatāste nātra sandeho yeṣāṃ rājyamidaṃ dhṛtam21 . naiṣāṃ jīvitamadyāsti mā tvaradhvaṃ subāliśāḥ ..29 . > \[Variant readings: 8 'he likewise' - kha; 9 'he... leaping up then' - gha; 10 'mounting Puṇḍa' - gha; 11 'having taken' - gha; 12 'slaying' - kha; 13 'again the elephant' - kha; 14 'and being slain' - gha; 15 'having leapt down' - kha; 16 'together with the Ādityas' - kha; 17 'they fled (?)'\] / 515 / When they were broken, the Daitya lords, with diverse weapons, / rushed after them roaring, making fear visible to them. / Then having gone for a moment, they were restrained by Hiraṇyākṣa; / turned back, they all stood still, brought under the sway of forbearance. / Then Hiraṇyākṣa, skilled in speech, as if smiling, / spoke this word to those wrathful lords of Daityas and Dānavas: / 'What need have you today, O Daityas and Dānavas, of these weaklings, / bound, blocked, and dead in consciousness, the wicked-minded? / Slain are they, there is no doubt of this, whose kingdom has been seized; / they have no life today; do not be in haste, you simpletons! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_29) abalānapi saṃrabdhānnirāśān jīvitaiṣiṇaḥ . avaddhyeti balāccaiva durjayāśca na saṃśayaḥ(?) ..8.93.3 0 .. saṅgamokṣannidānīñca la - - - - - sava ( ?) . - - - - - - - - ityuvāca sadośanāḥ (?) ..3 1.. yadetadrājyamityāhuḥ prāṇā hyete mahātmanāma, . sa teṣāṃ harati prāṇān yasteṣāṃ rājyamāharet ..32.. teṣāmadya hṛ - - - - - - - tasamaiḥ suraiḥ . āpūrayāma22 sthānāni devānāṃ dānaveśvarāḥ ..33 . . sanatkumāra uvāca tataste sahiraṇyākṣāḥ prāviśannamarāvatīm . ratnāni jagṛhurvyāsa vijayaṃ cāvaghoṣayan . .34. . ārakṣamāmanustatra cakṣu23rāptaiśca tesurāḥ . āśvāsayanta paurāṃśca tathā prakṛtayaśca ha ..3 5.. - - miti tathārgheṇa tathaivopāyanairvaraiḥ . āśīrbhiścāsuraśreṣṭhaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ praṇemire . .36. . > 'Even the weak, when desperate, seeking life, / are difficult to conquer, there is no doubt, on account of being not to be killed and by their power (?) \[…\] / \[…\] now \[…\] / \[…\] thus spoke Uśanas in assembly (?) \[…\] / That which they call the kingdom—these are the vital breaths of the great-souled; / he who would seize their kingdom takes their lives. / Today of them \[…\] by the gods. / Let us fill the places of the gods, O lords of the Dānavas!' / Sanatkumāra said: / Then they, with Hiraṇyākṣa, entered Amarāvatī; / they took the jewels, O Vyāsa, and proclaimed their victory. / Those Asuras made a guard there, and through trustworthy informants, / they consoled the citizens as well as the subjects. / \[…\] likewise with an offering of hospitality, and with excellent gifts, / and with blessings they bowed to Hiraṇyākṣa, the best of Asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_30) 18 manyuvaśaṃ - kha. . 19... ratra - kha. . 20 bhṛtasaṃjñai - kha. . 21 hṛtam (?) . 22 mā - kha. . 23 cakhyu (?) . 516 tān samāśvāsya24 daityendro hyadhyasya ca varāsanam . kāryāṇi kṛtvā sarveṣāmagacchad varuṇālayam ..37.. te siṃhanādairvividhaiśca vādyaiḥ pravalganāsphoṭitakūjitaiśca . mahāsurā25 dānavarājasiṃhaṃ jagmussamantāt parivārya sarve ..38. . iti skandapurāṇe varuṇālayagamane triṇavatitamodhyāyaḥ > \[Variant readings: 18 'under the sway of wrath' - kha; 19 '...here' - kha; 20 'with the appearance of servants' - kha; 21 'taken (?)'; 22 'not' - kha; 23 'they told (?)'\] / 516 / Having consoled them and having mounted the excellent throne, / having settled the affairs of all, the Daitya lord went to the abode of Varuṇa. / With various lion-roars, musical instruments, prancings, slappings of arms, and shouts, / all those great Asuras went, surrounding on every side the lion among Dānava kings. / Thus ends the ninety-third chapter, 'The Departure to the Abode of Varuṇa', in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_31) sanatkumāra uvāca tamāpatantaṃ vegena garutmantamivāhave . dṛṣṭavā varuṇaputrāste pitrā saha vidudruvuḥ .. 1 . . daityāścāpi hi te sarve prāpya tadvaruṇālayam . vyūḍhaskandhā vyatiṣṭhanta vyasṛjaṃstatpuraṃ prati ..2. . dūtaṃ vātāpinaṃ caiva rājñā preṣitamūrjitam . sa gatvā tāṃ purīṃ ramyāṃ praviśya ca mahāsuraḥ .. 3 . . pauraiḥ supūjito vyāsa prāhedaṃ tān sugarvitaḥ . rājā sarvasya lokasya daityadānavanandanaḥ ..4. . kaśyapasya sutaḥ śrīmān hiraṇyākṣaḥ pratāpavān . jitvā sarvān surān saṃkhye ājñāpayati vassadā ..5. . yūyaṃ śṛṇuta sarve me ājñāṃ kuruta caiva1 hi . ānayadhvaṃ ca ratnāni parityajata devatāḥ . .6. . devapakṣotra yaḥ kaścit pure prativasatyuta2 . abhayaṃ tasya3 yacchāmi yātu devānabhītavat4 . .7. . nāradādyāśca ṛṣayastaṃ samāsādya daityakam5 . ūcustamasuraṃ vyāsa sāntvayuktamidaṃ tadā . .8. . > Sanatkumāra said: / Seeing him swooping down with speed like Garuḍa in battle, / the sons of Varuṇa fled together with their father. / And having reached that abode of Varuṇa, all those Daityas / stood with broad shoulders and sent toward that city / the powerful messenger Vātāpin, dispatched by the king. / That great Asura, having gone to and entered that delightful city, / well worshipped by the citizens, O Vyāsa, exceedingly haughty, spoke this to them: / 'The king of all the world, the delighter of Daityas and Dānavas, / the glorious, valorous Hiraṇyākṣa, son of Kaśyapa, / having defeated all the gods in battle, commands you perpetually: / "Listen all of you to me, and execute my command: / Bring jewels and abandon the deities. / If anyone belonging to the party of the gods lives here in the city, / I grant him safety; let him go fearlessly to the gods."' / Approaching that Daitya, the seers led by Nārada / then spoke this soothing word, O Vyāsa, to that Asura: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_32) 24 sama śvasya - kha. . 25 mahāsuraṃ - kha. . . > \[Variant readings: 24 'having fully breathed' - kha; 25 'the great Asura' - kha...\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_33) 1 kuru tathaiva - kha. . 2 prativasantyuta - kha . 3 ayantasya prayacchāmi - kha. . 4... nnabhītavat - kha, itaḥ paraṃ patramekaṃ khaṇḍitaṃ khapustake . 5 itaḥ pūrvaṃ khapustake iva gha pustakepi kiyānaṃśaḥ khaṇḍitaḥ . 517 rājā bhojo virāṭ samrāṭ bhūpatiḥ kṣatriyo nṛpaḥ . ya ebhiḥ stūyate śabdaiḥ kastannārccayate6 budhaḥ7 ..9.. > \[Variant readings: 1 'do likewise' - kha; 2 'they dwell moreover' - kha; 3 'I grant unto him' - kha; 4 '...fearlessly' - kha; after this one leaf is missing in the kha manuscript; 5 before this, as in the kha manuscript, so in the gha manuscript a certain portion is missing\] / 517 / 'King, Bhoja, Virāṭ, Samrāṭ, Lord of the Earth, Kṣatriya, Ruler of Men— / what wise person does not honour him who is praised by these words? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_34) sa tvaṃ rājā ca bhojaśca virāṭ samrāṭ tathaiva ca . bhūpatiḥ kṣatriyaścaiva nṛpaḥ sarvasahastathā ..8.94.1 0.. > You are indeed King and Bhoja, Virāṭ, Samrāṭ, likewise / Lord of the Earth, Kṣatriya, Ruler of Men, and the All-enduring! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_35) nirjitāḥ sumahāvīryāstvayā devāḥ savāsavāḥ . kastvayā sadṛśo loke bāhyaikaṃ8 rudramīśvaram ..11 .. > The gods together with Indra, endowed with very great valor, have been utterly conquered by you; / who in the world is equal to you, except Rudra, the one Īśvara alone?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_36) tvaṃ pātā sarvalokānāṃ harttā sraṣṭā tathaiva ca . kastavājñāṃ mahārāja pratihanyād durātmavān ..12.. > "You are the protector of all the worlds, and likewise the destroyer and the creator. > Who, what wicked soul, could obstruct your command, O great king? 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_37) vayaṃ9 ca sarve daityendra varamicchāma10 dānava . varadastvaṃ hi bhūtānāmasmākaṃ varado bhava ..13.. > And we all desire a boon, O lord of daityas, O Dānava. > For you grant boons to beings; be a grantor of boons to us." 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_38) sanatkumāra uvāca teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā varadosmīti sobravīt . ūcuste daityarājānaṃ tadā vacanakovidāḥ ..14. . ṛṣaya ūcuḥ yadetaduktaṃ bhavatā narakavyādhimṛtyuṣu . na tathā tad bhaved daitya eṣa no dīyatāṃ varaḥ ..15.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Having heard their words, he said, "I will grant a boon." > Then those \[sages\], skilled in speech, spoke to the daitya king: 14 > The seers said: > "What was spoken by you regarding hell, disease, and death— > may that not be so, O daitya; let this boon be granted to us." 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_39) daitya uvāca mama pratijñā viprendrāḥ pūrvameva tapodhanāḥ . lokānāṃ sukhamedheyaṃ rājā lokasya yadyaham ..16.. > The daitya said: > "O foremost of brahmins rich in austerity, my vow was made long ago: > 'I must increase the happiness of the worlds if I am the king of the world.' 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_40) na tathā tat kariṣyāmi yadyahaṃ munisattamāḥ11 . mithyāpratijñaḥ syāṃ cāhamasatyaśca durātmavān . .17.. > If I do not do so, O best of munis, > I would be one of false vows, untrue and wicked. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_41) tasmādanyad12 bhavanto māṃ vara yācantu13 supriyam . kartāsmi taṃ tathā sarvaṃ yācehaṃ14 śirasā ha vaḥ . .1 8. . > Therefore, ask of me another boon that is most pleasing to you. > I shall fulfill it all accordingly; I bow my head and make this request to you." 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_42) 6 ...śrayate - gha. . 7 budhaiḥ - gha. . 8 tyaktvaikaṃ (?) . 9 yamaṃ - gha. . 10 varamicchāmi - gha. . 11 ṛṣisattamāḥ - gha. . 12 ...danyaṃ - (?) . 13 yācata - gha. . 14.. .ceyaṃ - gha. . 518 sanatkumāra uvāca tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ṛṣayaḥ sarva eva te . hiraṇyākṣamidaṃ vyāsa punarevābruvan15 vibhum ..19.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Having heard his words, all those seers, > O Vyāsa, spoke again to that powerful Hiraṇyākṣa: 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_43) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ lokadharmapravṛttyarthaṃ brahmaṇā daityapuṃgava . kṛtametat purā sarvaṃ dharmaścāpi pravartitaḥ ..8.94.20.. > The ṛṣis said: > 'For the sake of the functioning of the world's order, O foremost of daityas, / all this was made by Brahmā long ago, and dharma was also set in motion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_44) samīkṣya caitallokasya dharmaścāpi16 pravarttitaḥ . nābhūtastad bhaved daitya iti no varado bhava ..21.. > And considering this world, dharma was set in motion; / let it not be rendered non-existent, O daitya: thus be a grantor of a boon to us. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_45) pratijñā prabhavet sā yallokānāṃ17 duḥkhavarjanam . tacca tasmānna naśyeta brahmaṇaḥ18 kṛtiravyayā ..22.. > That vow of yours would prevail, which is the removal of suffering for the worlds, / and therefore Brahmā's imperishable creation would not perish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_46) yāvattvaṃ daitya lokasya rājā hyasi19 prabhuśca ha . evaṃ tvayānṛṇatvaṃ20 ca brahmaṇo21dya kṛtaṃ22 bhavet ..23.. > As long as you, O daitya, are the king and lord of the world, / in this manner freedom from debt toward Brahmā would be accomplished by you today.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_47) teṣāṃ sa vacanaṃ śrutvā ṛṣīn niścitya daityarāṭ . ye23 drohāḥśakrapakṣāśca mamājñābhaṅgakāriṇaḥ . 24.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Having heard their speech and considering the ṛṣis, the daitya king said: > 'Those who are treacherous, siding with Indra, and breakers of my command— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_48) teṣāmeva bhavenmṛtyurnarakeṣu ca yātanāḥ . etadāha tadā rājā te cāpyūcurnarādhipam . .25.. > death and torments in the hells shall belong only to them.' / This the king said then, and they too said to the ruler of men: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_49) evamastviti tāṃ24ścoktvā yātanāmokṣamādiśat . sa muktvā nārakān25 sarvān dadau sthānasya rakṣaṇam ..26.. > 'So be it,' and saying \[this\] to them, he ordered release from torment. / Having released all the hell-dwellers, he gave the protection of the post > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_50) pitṛrājānamanagha vipracittiṃ mahābalam . tatovaghuṣya sa jayaṃ pūjayitvā tu tāndvijān . jagāma dhanadāvāsaṃ hiraṇyākṣo mahābalaḥ ..27.. > to the king of the ancestors, the sinless and mighty Vipracitti. / Then, proclaiming victory and having honored those twice-born, / the mighty Hiraṇyākṣa went to the dwelling of the Lord of Wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_51) te tāṃ dhaneśasya purīṃ mahābalā vinādayaṃtoṃndhakapālitāstadā . hiraṇyanetraṃ parivārya26 dānavāstadābhijagmurjaladā ivācalam ..28.. > Making that city of the Lord of Wealth resound, the exceedingly powerful dānavas, guarded by Andhaka, / surrounding Hiraṇyākṣa, then rushed forward like clouds toward a mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_52) iti skandapurāṇe hiraṇyākṣadigvijaye yamalokābhigamano nāma caturṇavatitamodhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the ninety-fourth chapter, named 'The Departure to the World of Yama', in the conquest of the quarters by Hiraṇyākṣa in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_53) 15 ..bravīd - gha. . 16 dharmasyāpi - gha . 17 dyāyaṃ lokānāṃ - gha. . 18 tasyaitad brahmaṇaḥ - gha. . 19 hyāsīt- gha . 20 sa vāmṛṇatvaṃ - gha . 21 brahmaṇā - gha. . 22 kṛti - dha. . 23 yo - gha. . 24 tvāṃ - gha. . 25 varadān - gha. . 26 pravidārya - gha. . 519 sanatkumāra uvāca tathā1 laṅkāṃ2 samāsādya dhaneśasya purīṃ śubhām . adūre tasthuruddhūtāḥ sannaddhakavacāyudhāḥ ..1.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Then, having reached Laṅkā, the beautiful city of the lord of wealth, > they stood nearby, haughty, clad in armor and bearing weapons. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_54) avasthitām̐stathā dṛṣṭvā dānavān3 baladarpitān . laṅkānivāsinaḥ4 sarve nidhipālāstathaiva ca ..2.. > Seeing the Dānavas thus positioned, arrogant with might, > all the inhabitants of Laṅkā and likewise the guardians of the treasures, 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_55) nidhayaḥ śaṃkhapadmādyā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ . arghaṃ ratnāni5 cādāya dānavāya nyavedayan6 ..3.. > the treasures such as Śaṅkha and Padma, and the seers rich in austerity, > took offering-water and jewels and presented them to the Dānava. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_56) ūcuśca tava daityendra vayaṃ vaśyā na saṃśayaḥ . kiṅkarāśca praśādhyasmān yathāvaddānaveśvara7 ..4.. > And they said: "O lord of daityas, we are subservient to you, no doubt, > and we are your servants; command us duly, O lord of Dānavas." 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_57) hiraṇyākṣa uvāca mā bhīrbhavatu vo yakṣā mama yūyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ . ayaṃ rājā hi vaḥ śreṣṭho hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sutaḥ ..5.. > Hiraṇyākṣa said: > "Have no fear, O yakṣas! You are mine, without doubt. > Indeed, this excellent king of yours is the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_58) prahlādo devasaṃghānāṃ sarveṣāṃ viprabādhanaḥ . tatastaṃ tatra saṃsthāpya dhaneśaṃ daityapuṅgavam .. 6.. > Prahlāda, the tormentor of all the hosts of gods." > Then, having installed that bull among daityas there as lord of wealth, 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_59) anyeṣāṃ devasaṃghānāṃ sthānānyāpūrayatpunaḥ . saṃsthāpya sarvasthāneṣu sthānino dānaveśvarān ..7.. andhakantvamarāvatyā8mindratvenābhyaṣecayat . bhūrllokañcākhilaṃ daityaḥ svayamevānvaśāsata9 ..8.. > he filled again the stations of the other hosts of gods, > having installed the lords of Dānavas as office-holders in all the posts. 7 > And he consecrated Andhaka as Indra in Amarāvatī, > while the daitya personally ruled the entire earth. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_60) bhūyaśca dhanurādāya saśaraṃ sūryasannibhaḥ10 . daityendro medinīṃ prāha mamātmānaṃ vidarśaya11 ..9.. > And taking up once again his bow with an arrow, resplendent like the sun, > the lord of daityas said to the Earth, "Show yourself to me!" 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_61) sā bhītā tasya daityasya vepamānā kṛtāñjaliḥ12 . jayetyuktvāgratastasthau viṣṇorlakṣmīrivāparā ..8.95.1 0 .. > Terrified of that daitya, trembling, with joined palms, > saying "Victory!", she stood before him like another Lakṣmī of Viṣṇu. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_62) tāṃ mṛgīmiva śārdūlo bhujaṅgīmiva pakṣirāṭ . śārdūlīṃ siṃha iva ca siṃhīṃ śarabharāḍiva ..11 .. > As a tiger \[seizes\] a doe, as the king of birds \[seizes\] a female serpent, > as a lion a female tiger, and as a king of śarabhas a lioness, 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_63) 1 tato (?) . 2 laṃkāṃ - gha . 3 dhanado - kha . 4 alakāvāsinaḥ - gha. . 5 argharatnāni - kha. . 6 nivedayan - kha. . 7 devo dhaneśvaraḥ - gha., nareśvaraḥ kha . 8... stvamarāvatyāṃ - kha. . 9,.. nvaśāsate kha. . 10 sūryasannibhaṃ - kha. . 11 mama tvaṃ vai nidarśaya - gha., ' vadeśata - kha. . 12 kṛtāñjalī - kha. . 520 > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_64) haṃsīṃ kāka iva kṣudro mayūrī madgurāḍiva13 . tathā tāṃ sa diteḥ putro jagrāha ruṣitānanaḥ . uvāca caiva14 saṃrabdhastāṃ devīṃ bhayavihvalām . . 1 2.. tavāhaṃ vasudhe bharttā brahmaṇā prakṛtaḥ śubhe . mānyaṃ15 patiṃ tvamicchethā rakṣiṣyehaṃ tato hi te . .1 3 . . sanatkumāra uvāca tato rasātalaṃ16 gatvā svapurasya samīpataḥ . babaddha nāgapāśaistāṃ duṣṭāmiva yathāṅganām ..14.. tatocalena daityendraḥ śaṃkhena sumahābalaḥ . ārttāṃ rurodha17 duṣṭaśca18 kandarāmiva vīryavān19 ..15.. tatosyā rakṣaṇe nityamudyuktān rakṣiṇo dadhau20. kiṅkarānnāma daityendrān sahasrāṇi caturdaśa .. 16 .. sa tathā tadvidhāyaiva daityendrastuṣṭimān babhau . kṛṣībala iva kṣetraṃ suniṣpannaṃ samīkṣya ca . . 17.. kṛtakṛtyohamityeva buddhiṃ cakre sa pārthivaḥ . saṃyujya svasutaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ dāraiḥ sādhurivātmavān . .18. . antaraṃ na ca tasyānyaḥ21 kaścitprāpnoti suvrata22 . svasahāyasya23 viprasya yathā dambhena vartataḥ . .19. . yajadhvaṃ24 dānavāssarve viprānpūjayateti ca . devañca śūlinaṃ sarve namasyata25 punaḥ punaḥ ..8.95.20 .. dharmameva niṣevadhvamiti sojñāpayattadā . na tasyā26 dhārmikaḥ kaścid daityo vā dānavopi vā ..21.. > as a petty crow \[seizes\] a female goose, as the cormorant a peahen, > even so the son of Diti, with an angry face, seized her. > Agitated, he spoke to that goddess overcome with fear: 12 > "O auspicious Earth, I have been appointed your lord by Brahmā. > Do not desire any other husband; for then I will protect you." 13 > Sanatkumāra said: > Then, having gone to Rasātala near his own city, > he bound her with serpent-nooses, as if she were a wicked woman. 14 > Then the immensely strong and wicked lord of daityas, > valiant, shut up the afflicted \[Earth\] with a mountain and a conch, as if in a cavern. 15 > Then he appointed fourteen thousand lords of daityas named Kiṅkaras > as guards continually engaged in guarding her. 16 > Having done that in this manner, the lord of daityas shone with satisfaction, > just as a farmer having seen a well-yielded field. 17 > "I have accomplished my purpose," so thought that sovereign, > just as a virtuous and self-controlled man after uniting his eldest son with a wife. 18 > And no one else found a weak point in him, O you of noble vows, > just as \[none finds one\] in an unaccompanied brahmin living with deceit. 19 > "Sacrifice, all you Dānavas, and worship the brahmins; > and repeatedly bow to God, the trident-bearer! 20 > Practice only righteousness!"—thus he ordered then. > Under him, no daitya or Dānava was unrighteous. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_65) 13 ḍaṅagurāḍiva - kha. . 14 daive - kha . 15 nānyaṃ - gha. . 16 atha pṛthvīṃ tato - gha. . 17 dadaja - kha. . 18 duṣṭasya - kha . 19 rājākramya vinaṣṭāṃ tāṃ bhartā svāmīva yoṣitam - gha . 2. dadau - kha. gha. . 21 tasyānyat - kha. . 22 suvrataḥ - kha- gha. . 23 asahāyasya - gha. . 24 jayadhvaṃ - kha. . 25 namasya ca - kha. . 26 tasya - kha. . 521 > \[Critical apparatus\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_66) rājyebhavad durācāra27stasmin28 rājyaṃ praśāsati . svayameva sa vāyuśca candraśāḥ sūrya eva ca29 . . 22 . . abhavad vyāsa lokeṣu tapobalasamanvitaḥ . oṣadhyaḥ svavamudbhūtāstasmin rājani śāsati 30 . . 23 . . vinā kṛṣṭiṃ31 saṃ bhavanti sarvalokasya sādhikāḥ32 . sa eva tāssamādāya33 kṣaraṃ34 nayati daityarāṭ . . 24. . sa evāmardayaccāpi nināya ca punargṛhān. sa eva daṇḍikobhūcca daṇḍaścaiva35 sa eva hi . . 25 . . sa eva yogāt36 sarvatra caurād37 rakṣati nityadā . na tasya vyādhitaḥ kaścinmriyate vāpi kaścana . . 26 . . paradāraprasakto vā piśuno vāpi karhici tu . hiṃsakā na ca tasyāsanna cāpyadhārmikāḥ kvacit . . 27. . palvalāni taḍāgāni saritprasravaṇāni ca . vinā vṛṣṭyā38 bhavantyete sarvatraiva ca susthitam . . 28 . . na santi tasya rakṣāṃsi na piśācāśca hiṃsriṇaḥ . ītayaśca na santyasya na dvandvāni ca kānicit . . 29 . . na juhvate tadā vahniṃ viprāstasmim̐stu rājani . nādhīyate yajante vā ekavarṇamabhūttadā . . 8.95.30 . . bhṛgavo yebhavan viprā dānavānāṃ mudāvahāḥ . adhīyate39 yajante ca evaṃ ta vyāsa sarvaśaḥ . . 31 . . hṛṣṭapuṣṭamabhūt40 sarvaṃ41 vyādhiduḥkhavivarjitam42 . varṇāśrama43 parityaktaṃ sarvalokasamaṃ44 jagat . . 32 . . > No wicked conduct existed in the kingdom while he ruled the realm. / He himself was the wind, the moon, and the sun, > endowed with the power of tapas among the worlds, O Vyāsa. / Plants sprouted by themselves while that king ruled; > without plowing, they thrived, providing for all the people. / Taking them, the Daitya king himself brought them to maturity; > he himself threshed them and brought them back to the households. / He himself was the punisher, and he indeed was the punishment. > Through his mastery he continually guarded against thieves everywhere. / In his \[kingdom\], no one fell ill, nor did anyone die, > nor was anyone attached to another's wife, nor was anyone ever a slanderer. / In his \[realm\] there were no violent people, nor were there ever the unrighteous. > Ponds, lakes, rivers, and waterfalls / arose everywhere in fine condition even without rain. > In his realm there were no rākṣasas, nor injurious piśācas; / there were no pestilences, nor were there any dualities. > Brahmins did not offer into the fire at that time, while that king \[ruled\]; / they did not study, nor did they sacrifice; there was then a single caste. > Those who were Bhṛgu brahmins, bringing joy to the Dānavas, / studied and sacrificed everywhere in that manner, O Vyāsa. > All was joyful and thriving, free from sickness and sorrow, / devoid of the classes and stages of life, a world where all people were equal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_67) 27 durācāra kha. 28 iti - kha . 29 hi - kha . 30 rājyaṃ praśāsati (?) . 31 vṛṣṭi - kha, kṛṣṭaṃ - gha . 32 vai kṛṣiḥ - gha, sādhikā kha . 33 tāmsamādāya - gha, samāsthāya (dhāya) (?) . 34 svayaṃ - gha . 35 daṇḍāccaiva - kha . 36 yaṃ gān - kha . 37 caurān - kha . 38 vṛṣṭiṃ - gha . 39 -adhyāya (?) - kha. . 80 puṣṭadhastaiśca te - kha 41 sarva - kha. . 42. vivarjitāḥ - kha. . 43 karmmāśrama (dharmā...) - kha, varṇāśraya - gha . 44 karmaṇopasa ( śa) maṃ - gha. . 522 tannṛtyagītotsavanityayuktaṃ sukhaprasuptaṃ ratikāryayuktam . jagad babhau rājani daityadeve45 hiraṇyanetre ditinandaneti46 ..33 .. iti skandapurāṇe hiraṇyākṣarājyavarṇano nāma pañcanavatitamodhyāyaḥ > 27 durācāra - ms. kha. 28 iti - ms. kha. 29 hi - ms. kha. 30 rājyaṃ praśāsati (?) . 31 vṛṣṭi - ms. kha, kṛṣṭaṃ - ms. gha. 32 vai kṛṣiḥ - ms. gha, sādhikā ms. kha. 33 tāmsamādāya - ms. gha, samāsthāya (dhāya) (?). 34 svayaṃ - ms. gha. 35 daṇḍāccaiva - ms. kha. 36 yaṃ gān - ms. kha. 37 caurān - ms. kha. 38 vṛṣṭiṃ - ms. gha. 39 -adhyāya (?) - ms. kha. 80 puṣṭadhastaiśca te - ms. kha 41 sarva - ms. kha. 42. vivarjitāḥ - ms. kha. 43 karmmāśrama (dharmā...) - ms. kha, varṇāśraya - ms. gha. 44 karmaṇopasa (śa)maṃ - ms. gha. > 522 > Continually engaged in dance, song, and festivals, sleeping happily, engaged in loving enjoyment, > the world shone under the king, the Daitya sovereign Hiraṇyākṣa, the son of Diti. > Thus ends the ninety-fifth chapter in the Skandapurāṇa, entitled 'Description of the Reign of Hiraṇyākṣa'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_68) vyāsa uvāca tathā rājani daityendre trailokyādhipatau śubhe . dharaṇyāñcaiva baddhāyāṃ sukhitāsu prajāsu ca ..1.. sthānebhyaścyāvitā devā hyapratiṣṭhā mahābalāḥ . kimakurvata1 duḥkhārttā etanme2 śaṃsa sarvaśaḥ ..2.. sanatkumāra uvāca śṛṇuṣva dharma (?) devānāmavasthā yā babhūva ha . yadakurvata3 duḥkhārttāstatra sarve yathākramam ..3.. havyavāhognirabhavaddevānāṃ bhāgavarddhanaḥ . taṃ nirasya tadā daityo vahnimanyaṃ cakāra ha ..4.. tasminkarmaṇi viprendra mantrāstadanugābhavan . daityadānavabhāgānāṃ vaktāraḥ śubhasādhakāḥ . .5.. tato yajñaḥ svayaṃ daityānupatasthe mahātmanaḥ . yajñe gate ca daityendrāndevāḥ sarve mṛtā iva ..6.. abhavannaṣṭasaṃjñāśca mandavīryaparākramāḥ . niḥśrīkāśca nirudyogā nirākrandā samutsukāḥ ..7.. mantradagdhā yathā sarpā vajrapiṣṭā yathācalāḥ . garutmatābhisandaṣṭāḥ pannagā iva nirviṣāḥ ..8.. > Vyāsa said: > While that king, the Daitya ruler, was thus the lord over the three worlds, auspiciously, / and the earth had been bound, and the subjects were happy, > what did the gods do, fallen from their stations, displaced, endowed with great power, / and afflicted with sorrow? Recount this to me in full. > Sanatkumāra said: > Hear what the condition of the gods became, / and what all of them, afflicted with sorrow, did in order. > Fire, the carrier of oblations, had been the increaser of the gods' share. / Having cast him out, the Daitya produced another fire. > In that ritual, O best of brahmins, the mantras followed along with him, / declaring the shares of the Daityas and Dānavas and securing good fortune. > Then the Sacrifice in person attended upon the great-souled Daityas. / And when the Sacrifice had gone over to the Daitya leaders, all the gods were as if dead; > they lost consciousness, their energy and prowess grew faint, / they were stripped of fortune, deprived of effort, having none to call to, filled with distress, > like serpents scorched by mantras, like mountains crushed by the thunderbolt, / like venomous snakes bitten by Garuḍa, drained of poison, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_69) 45 daityanāyake - gha. . 46 dānavendraḥ - gha . 1 kimakurvanta - kha. . 2 etannaḥ - kha. . 3 yadakurvanta - kha. . 4 ivācalāḥ - kha. . 523 > 45 daityanāyake - ms. gha. 46 dānavendraḥ - ms. gha. > 1 kimakurvanta - ms. kha. 2 etannaḥ - ms. kha. 3 yadakurvanta - ms. kha. 4 ivācalāḥ - ms. kha. > 523 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_70) vihīnādbhi5ryathā vṛkṣā bāndhavairvāpi yoṣitaḥ . tathā te daivatā6 vyāsa hṛtarājyā hṛtaśriyaḥ . .9. . cintayanti hṛdā caiva śuṣyanti7 vilapanti ca . atha devaḥ svayambhūstān jñātvā devām̐stathāvidhān . . 8.96.10 . . vimānenārkavarṇena provācedaṃ pitāmahaḥ . bho devā naṣṭasaṃjñā stha kimarthaṃ duḥkhitā bhṛśam . tapoyogabalaṃ vodya dadāmi surapuṅgavāḥ ..11 .. yūyaṃ lokasya kartāro hartāraścaiva sarvaśaḥ . na yuktaṃ bhavatāmetat klībavat sthātumadya vai . .12. . svīyaṃ yogaṃ madīyañca8 tyaktvā duḥkhaṃ mahābalāḥ . pratipadyata mā śoke svayaṃ devāḥ pravartata ..13 .. na tamo bhāskarādyuktaṃ na somāduṣṇatā yathā . nāgneryathā tuṣāraśca9 nāmṛtaṃ bhujagādapi ..14. . nāsādhoḥ sādhubhāvaśca na kulīnādaśobhanam . nādharmo10 niyamebhyaśca na vedebhyaśca durmatiḥ .. 1 5.. tathā na yuktaṃ yuṣmākamidaṃ devā11 mahātmanām . āpatsu na12 viṣīdanti ye kecittejasā13 sthitāḥ . .16.. te14 yūyamāpadaṃ prāpya na śokaṃ kartumarhatha . mā bhavantovasīdantu rājyaṃ bhūyo bhaviṣyati .. 17.. mahāyogabalopeto hiraṇyākṣodya devatāḥ . aśakyo hantumalpena tejasā ditinandanaḥ . .18.. pratīkṣantu15 bhavantosya tapasaḥ kṣayamavyayāḥ . kṣīṇe tapasi daityendraṃ yuddhe16 viṣṇurvadhiṣyati17 ..1 9. . > like trees bereft of water, or women bereft of kinsmen; / even so those gods, O Vyāsa, their kingdom stolen, their splendor taken away, > pondered in their hearts, withered away, and lamented. / Then the self-manifest god, the Grandfather, knowing the gods to be in such a state, > spoke this from his sun-bright aerial chariot: > 'O gods, you have lost your senses! Why are you so exceedingly sorrowful? / Today I give you the power of tapas and yoga, O foremost of the gods! > You are the creators and destroyers of the world in every way. / It is not fitting for you to stand like eunuchs today. > Abandoning sorrow, O mighty ones, take up your own yoga and mine; / do not surrender yourselves to grief, O gods! > Darkness is not fitting from the sun, nor heat from the moon; / frost does not come from fire, nor nectar from a serpent; > virtue does not come from an evil person, nor does ugliness come from one of noble birth; / unrighteousness does not arise from rules, nor wicked intellect from the Vedas; > even so, this is not fitting for you, O noble-minded gods! / Those who remain grounded in splendor do not despond in calamities. > Having met with misfortune, you ought not to grieve. / Do not sink down in despair; the kingdom will be yours once again! > Endowed with the strength of great yoga, Hiraṇyākṣa, the son of Diti, / cannot be slain today with slight fiery splendor, O deities. > You who are imperishable must await the exhaustion of his tapas; / when his tapas is exhausted, Viṣṇu will slay the Daitya king in battle.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_71) 5 viśākhābhi - gha. . 6 devatā - kha . 7 muhyanti - gha . 8 svayaṃ - gha.,... stathā yo dharmaṃ - kha. . 9 nāgne stuthāraśca yathā - kha. . 10 nādharmā - kha. . 11.. mimaṃ devā - kha., devānāṃ ca - gha. . 12 ca - kha. . 13.. ttejasi - gha. . 14 ye - kha. . 15 pratīkṣantāṃ (?) . 16 yudhi - gha. . 17 rhaniṣyati - kha. . 524 > 5 viśākhābhi - ms. gha. 6 devatā - ms. kha. 7 muhyanti - ms. gha. 8 svayaṃ - ms. gha., ... stathā yo dharmaṃ - ms. kha. 9 nāgne stuthāraśca yathā - ms. kha. 10 nādharmā - ms. kha. 11 .. mimaṃ devā - ms. kha., devānāṃ ca - ms. gha. 12 ca - ms. kha. 13 .. ttejasi - ms. gha. 14 ye - ms. kha. 15 pratīkṣantāṃ (?). 16 yudhi - ms. gha. 17 rhaniṣyati - ms. kha. > 524 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [7.10.29\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10.29_72) sanatkumāra uvāca ta evaṃ brahmaṇā proktā labdhayogāḥ18 sureśvarāḥ . praṇamya sarvabhūtānāṃ sraṣṭāramidamabruvan19 . .8.96.20 . . hṛtāni no mahāyogasthānāni ditinandanaiḥ . kva tiṣṭhāma vayaṃ brūhi diśa naḥ sthānamavyayam ..21 .. brahmovāca hṛtāni sarvasthānāni yuṣmākaṃ viditañca20 me . śṛṇudhvaṃ yatra vastavyaṃ21 yuṣmābhiryogamāyayā ..22.. yūyaṃ sarve śarīreṣu22 yogād viśata23 sattamāḥ . prajānāṃ sarvato devāstato vṛttimavāpsyatha ..23.. teṣā24maśitapītaiśca saṃskāraiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ . pṛthivī nāgabaddhāpi25 yuṣmānāpyāyayiṣyati ..24.. sanatkumāra uvāca ta evamuktā26 devena devāḥ sarve27 savāsavāḥ . tathā cakruryathovāca brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ ..25.. tevartayanta satataṃ tatrasthāḥ surasattamāḥ . caturyugamupāsanto28 lokadhāturmate sthitāḥ . .26.. atha yogād hiraṇyākṣaḥ prajāsu samavāsthitān29 . surānapaśyadyogātmā cukrodha30 ca sa31 tānprati ..27.. yasminyasminnapaśyacca suraṃ sa samavasthitam32 . avadhīttaṃ tamabhyetya tadā dānavasattamaḥ .. 28.. > Sanatkumāra said: > Addressed thus by Brahmā, the lords of the gods, having obtained yoga, / bowed to the creator of all beings and spoke this: / "Our places of great yoga have been seized by the sons of Diti. / Tell us where we are to stay; direct us to an imperishable abode." / Brahmā said: > "All your abodes have been seized, and this is known to me. / Listen to where you must dwell by means of your power of yoga: / enter with yoga into the bodies of all the creatures, / everywhere, O best of gods; from that you will obtain sustenance. / By their food and drink, and by various bodily rites, / the earth, even though held by the Nāga, will nourish you." / Sanatkumāra said: > Addressed in this way by the god, all the gods, along with Indra, / did just as Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, had said. / Staying there, the best of gods maintained themselves continually, / serving through the four ages, abiding by the design of the Creator of the world. / Then, through yoga, Hiraṇyākṣa saw the gods stationed within creatures; / possessed of yoga, he grew furious with them. / Wherever he saw a god abiding, / the best of the Dānavas approached and struck down that very one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 79 of 223 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.10.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Dāśarathīyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.tantra.dasarathiyatantra.10447) — Sanskrit - [Viśvasāratantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.visvasaratantra.10.1095) — Sanskrit - [Divyāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.divyavadana.423.1) — Sanskrit - [Mālinīvijayottaratantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.trika.malinivijayottara.8.34) — Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.6.3) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.10) · Pramāṇa